Statements of solidarity from the Green Party Trade Union Group
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27 July 2022 / 28 July 2022 by matthewhull
We urge trade unionists and socialists to join the Green Party and be in a party that understands solidarity and the importance of workplace collective action.
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12 April 2022 / 12 April 2022 by martinfrancis2
The Green Party of England and Wales has a long-standing policy to replace Ofsted and so we welcome the launch at the National Education Union Conference this week of a petition to do exactly that. Ofsted is the source of much stress for education workers and closely tied to high-stakes testing that distorts the curriculum […]
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8 April 2022 / 11 April 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group on Friday expressed its solidarity with UCU members at Richmond upon Thames College, who are fighting against management plans to fire workers and rehire them on worse pay, terms, and conditions.
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18 March 2022 / 19 March 2022 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group expresses our disgust at the dismissal on Thursday of approximately 800 seafarers by P&O Ferries. We stand in solidarity with the workers and their union, RMT.
23 October 2021 / 24 October 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party today voted to extend solidarity to the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) and support their 'Fight for 15' campaign for a £15 minimum wage.
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22 October 2021 / 22 October 2021 by matthewhull
Green Party members came together at their Autumn Conference in support of the private members' bill to stop 'fire and rehire'.
1 October 2021 / 1 October 2021 by matthewhull
Green Party trade unionists and allies congratulated Carla Denyer & Adrian Ramsay on their election as the next leader of the Green Party of England & Wales.
28 September 2021 / 28 September 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group extended its solidarity to BFAWU as it took the momentous decision to disaffiliate from the Labour Party.
27 September 2021 / 28 September 2021 by matthewhull
A Green Party Trade Union Group statement on Proportional Representation motion at Labour Party conference.
25 August 2021 / 25 August 2021 by matthewhull
As Sharon Graham was elected General Secretary of Unite the union, the UK's second-largest trade union, Green Party figures congratulated Graham on her victory.
6 August 2021 / 8 August 2021 by petermurry
PCS and UVW members working in the Royal Parks plan further strike action from 16th to 30th August 2021.
3 August 2021 / 15 August 2021 by matthewhull
Figures from across the UK’s Green Parties paid tribute to Noel Lynch, the former London Assembly member and Trade Union Group Chair, who passed away this morning. The Green group of London AMs has led the way, publishing a tribute online, and it is expected that his life will be celebrated when the Assembly meets […]
21 July 2021 / 21 July 2021 by matthewhull
The lack of any pay rise for NHS staff in the government’s announcement today is “an absolute insult” to those who have risked their lives throughout the Covid pandemic, the Green Party has said.
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21 June 2021 / 21 June 2021 by petermurry
Join Greens at the demo in central London starting at University College Hospital near Euston, or join one of many events taking place across the city. 3RD JULY – CENTRAL LONDON DEMONSTRATION CAMDEN/ISLINGTON EVENT/ It’s time we get behind the workers fighting for the future of the NHS as a well-funded, well staffed, truly public […]
20 June 2021 / 20 June 2021 by petermurry
A briefing event for Green Party members, on how to support the campaign for decent pay, public ownership, and patient safety in our NHS.
19 June 2021 / 16 July 2024 by petermurry
UCU London Retired Members Branch Climate change, COP26, zero carbon economy and job creation Our branch’s motion to UCU Congress was composited with others and passedVotes in favour 220Votes against 4Registered abstentions 4
19 June 2021 / 19 June 2021 by petermurry
Ben Manovitch introduces the Bread and Roses project: for a BFAWU (Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union) rep in Yorkshire.Approx followed by questions and discussion at the .Green Party Trade Union group 12/6/2021
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18 June 2021 / 19 June 2021 by martinfrancis2
Unite, has today has endorsed Barry Gardiner’s parliamentary bill to end fire and rehire. Unite’s general secretary, Len McCluskey, called the practice, in which employers sack their workers only to rehire them on lower pay and worse conditions, “a disease that’s ripping through our workplaces”. Barry Gardiner MP presented his bill in Parliament as a Private […]
30 April 2021 / 3 May 2021 by petermurry
The Green Party Trade Union Group urges Green Party members and supporters to join the campaign against the takeover of General Practice surgeries by Operose Health, owned by Centene, a US health company. The campaign includes a demonstration outside Operose Health HQ in Central London on Demonstration outside Centene headquarters on Thursday 22nd April 2021 […]
Mayday #KillTheBill Protests Mayday #KillTheBill ProtestsUK-wide #KillTheBill protests and actions on the 1 May. This Saturday, tens of thousands of people will be taking to the streets to defend our basic civil rights in a UK-wide day of action. The Tories’ Policing Bill is an attempt to criminalise effective protest and dissent, and to trample […]
17 March 2021 / 17 March 2021 by matthewhull
Workers and workers’ organisations have a fine record fighting for democratic rights, from the Chartist movement to the movement for universal suffrage. Now, we are fighting for an electoral system that does not give the party of big business an unfair advantage. in our electoral processes. Significant suffrage campaigners on the left like Sylvia Pankhurst […]
15 March 2021 / 17 March 2021 by matthewhull
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC) due to be debated and voted on in the House of Commons this week presents perhaps the gravest threat to civil liberties in more than a generation. It must be opposed at all costs, in parliament and on the streets. The Coronavirus Act 2020 gave police wide-ranging […]
19 February 2021 / 22 February 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group welcomes the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to uphold the Employment Tribunal’s view that Uber drivers are workers in the view of the law, not contractors or self-employed individuals. Uber drivers are owed the basic rights owed to all workers: a minimum wage, union representation, the right to fight for […]
7 February 2021 / 7 February 2021 by matthewhull
The Green Party Trade Union Group calls upon the Home Office to close down the Napier Barracks in Folkestone immediately. Napier barracks is an asylum seeker dispersal unit housing four hundred asylum seeking men. Napier Barracks is not fit for purpose and this is confirmed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus at the barracks. […]
